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Friday, September 21, 2012

Color Club Take Wing Collection (Summer 2012)

It is officially the last day of summer and I could think of nothing better except to show you the beautiful Color Club Take Wing collection released this summer. I'm a bit sad that I didn't play with these sooner, but still quite happy to be sneaking it in at the last minute. I just refused to put them away alongside the sad unswatched collections from prior years. As usual the summer just went by too quickly and I'm not at all ready for it to end. Instead of dwelling on that thought, let me show you these fleck filled beauties...

Color Club Daisy Does It
A bright yellow with fleck gold. It is fairly sheer and still has a visible nail line after three coats. I have been loving yellow this summer and this is just gorgeous! No problems at all with application. I have the strangest urge to mix it in a franken for some golden flakes...

Color Club Sparkle and Soar
A bright orange with a gold fleck. I'm at a loss for words on how to describe it. It is a brighter version of OPI Luxurious with bigger flecks. Application was great with three coats for almost full coverage. An absolutely stunning polish....

Color Club Fly With Me
A bright chartreuse green with a lime shimmer. In the bottle the simmer appears teal and even flashes purple at some angles, but this didn't transfer to the nail. Still a beautiful color with a nice formula. Three coats gets you close to full coverage. I already used it for this leafy manicure here and I'm sure there will be more in the future...

Color Club Metamorphosis
A teal with teal to purple duochrome flecks. The purple shift is not as obvious on the nail as it is in the bottle. It appears mostly in lower and indirect light. In the swatches below it is most evident on my index finger. I was hoping it would actually be more prominent, but I'm not complaining. It is a beautiful color regardless. Three coats again for almost full coverage...

The purple shows up at the more extreme angles and almost appears to just sit on the surface of the nail...

Color Club Sky High
A bright metallic blue with a blue to purple duochrome shimmer. This is another one that teases with pretty colors in the bottle that don't translate as well to the nail. The purple shift is most visible at extreme angles and in dim light. Three coats for full coverage...

Color Club Wing Fling
A raspberry with pink shimmer. The bottle teased me with flashes of gold flecks, but they were nowhere to be found on the nail. Still a lovely color that I liked a lot more than expected. Application is very nice with three coats for good coverage...

I love love this collection - only shade I cannot wear is the teal - don't know why but teal shimmery polishes I look horrible in - gotta be a teal cream finish for me to pull it off. I freaked as this post was showing black with big minus signs in it yesterday for the photos. I refer to this one all the time since you posted it. Glad it's viewing for me today!

now I know why this and other older posts were not viewing for me! So sorry you lost all the photos. Those of us who get notice via email or bloglovin etc - those photos are goners and they don't 'refresh' like web site does now that you are going back and uploading all the zillions of photos. Again so sorry you had this issue.

@Patricia, thank you so much! I'm sorry you are not able to get your hands on them. I often feel the same way about European brands and so sad that they are not sold everywhere :(

@TikiBarbie, thank you so much! I'm so glad you like it :)

@beachgal, you are so sweet, I'm glad to be able to restore this reference for you! I think bloglovin' should restore the photos when I reload them. Unfortunately not much I can do about the email. Thank you so much for the support! I appreciate it more than you realize :)

About Me

I am a self proclaimed craft nerd. I love all things crafty and will try just about any of it. Favorite hobbies include carving candles, decorating cakes, and making jewelry. In my free time, I love to play with nail polish! Questions/comments? Feel free to contact me at angalek@gmail.com